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Newspaper Page TextT'" ' Vv- ;; ----- ROSEBV increased perc ls POSTOFKIIU HVSlXESa DURING THE TAST YEAR. THAT'S "GOIXG SOME." WITH 18 BLOCKS OP STREET PAVING fA GO IN TH19 PALL, WE'RE HsUflsV TO '$, 8fc MORE." EVERYBODY HELPS. e KEEP WELL PfKTPn ROSEBU RG Review PROFITABLE INVESTMENT Advertiser! get good returns from an nouncements placed in live papers the Daily and Twicr-a-wxik Rivisw. Try tliem tliere'a Done other m good. prrrTb?rr,!,;',nt,o'tha' "''Mredbjrcrrier.M Bt ...., VOL. xi. ItOSUBUItO, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGVST 80, 1008. NO. 187. Colorado Plan May be Adopted in OPENING OF 500,000 ACRES By lie Company CootrolliDg the Im ! meose Oregon Military Road ' Land Grant : (Uy Charles Hyskell.) FORT GARLAND, Colo., Aug. 28. An estate nearly as large as the state of Rhode Island is to be added torthe inhabited portion of Oregon by the opening and colonization of the historic Oregon Military Road Land Grant, comprising 500,0-00 acres in a strip 12 mil! wide extending through southern Oregon. The com pany controlling the grant has adopt ed the auction allotment plan, this week successfully tried out in the al lotment of 66,000 acres here in the San Luis valley of Colorado. I came here to see what is In store for Ore gon in the way of a new method of land opening. It was amazing to see the facil ity and harmony with which 6752 farms and the same number of town lots were .distributed among 6752 men, entire strangers to each other, who hailed from 21 states and were representative of the best class of middle west farmers and land seek ers:' The lands are Irrigable. The company has on deposit $250,000, for a reservoir and canals, and now has the plant about two-thirds com pleted. The homeseckers pitched a lent city among the cottonwoods along ' lite Creek, and put up a large tent in which the business of the land opening was to bo transacted. They elected three trustees: Robert M. Itahkin, of Aurora, Neb.; George Mc Nalr, of San Angelo, Texas, and F. A. Hlberger, of Wichita, Kansas, to con duct the allotment. The farms and lots had been sold by the San Luis Valley Land company and each man held a clearance receipt, nominally a contract for a deed to a farm and town lot. These contracts provided for a distribution by the auction plan but the holders had become uneasy, because the lands looked good and there was a possibility of lively bid ding In excess of $150, the amount each had bid for his farm contract. After conferences with the postal authorities and R. J. Martin, presi dent of the San Luis Valley Land company, the plan or uie if, became more fully understood by the trustees, who then endorsed and presented It to the general meeting, where it was unanimously accepted. Thereafter not a moment's hitch oc curred. The partitioning went through with remarkable rapidity, and in six days the 6752 farms and 6752 lots were distributed. Uriefl) the plan is as follows: An auctioneer who understands the proceeding conies upon the scene with two boxes, a correct list of all contract holders, and lists of the farms and lots. e writes the names of the con tract holders on a slip of paper .nd n for 10 names. Each club selects captain, or has one appointed. The auctioneer now draws from the other box slips containing the furm ! lot numbers and as they come . they are written in the spaces op posite the names of the club mem bers. The partitioning is then con ducted from the club sheets. Flats of the farms and lots having been distributed to each contract holder, he is enabled to know what he is getting. As each number Is called out by the auctlopeer the club captain having that number on his list responds with a bid of $150 for the person whose name Is op posite. If the person desires a farm other than the one drawn fof htm he can get it by bidding a premium above the $150. The plan thus gives him power to make Ills own selec tion of a farm and lot. The auctlcfh feature Is the thread from which hangs the whole proceeding, and the bidding Is the test by which it is made valid under the postal laws, al though sentiment against bidding premiums was so strong that the bid ding was kept down to a low mini mum. There were but few premiums bid and the highest was $250. The plan has been hailed with Joy by land men the country over. It offers the solution of the problems of carrying on large operations in sel ling and colonizing remote western lands under the double handicap of interstate commerce commission pas senger restrictions and the govern ment's prohibition of Innd allotments by lottery. There will be Bonie minor changes made for the Oregon opening. COOS PEOPLE TO 11LAME. Eugene Guard: The people of Coos Hay themselves nre largely re sponsible for their Isolation from the world, having defeated every tit tempt of Itoseburg to build a rail road over the mountain, when unit ed effort might have been successful. Mr. nd Mrs. C. O. Crlteser were in from Wardton today. WANTED Men to pick penrs; cents per box. Apply to Messlck & Currle, three miles north of Oak land. dsws2 HSH0N0RED Religion For the Living, Not Only York Warmlj Welcomes pnr the Dvintf. Olympic Victors IIIC PARADE; PRIZES GIVEN J By th Rtv. Dr. CHARLES r. AKED of Nw York. Melbourne Adds Mightily to Long List of Ovations Tendered to American Fleet Special to the Evening Review. NEW YORK, Aug. 29. New York city today began extension of Am erica's formal welcome to the stal wart athletes who carried the start and stripes to victory In the Olympic games in London. Practically the whole city was given over io the re ception of the athletes, who arrived from Europe today. An immense parade of soldiers, sailors, athletic clubs, deocrated automobiles, bras bands and pupils of parochial schooh jsed down Broadway through tremendous throng of people, whe cheered the returning Americans vo clferously. This afternoon at Madi son Square Garden, welcome on be half of the city was extended by a committee headed by Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt and comprised of 500 New Yorkers. The great crowd sang the national anthem to the accom paniment of ten massed bands. John Hayes, the winner of the Mara thon race, was given a Bilver cup while all of the other athletes re ceived gold medals. Two Hold Citizens at Bay, 3 Others Loot Bank Dance! . At the . ARMORY Tonight!! HE question of the decreasing membership and waning influence of religion the churches is not a denomi national question. It is not a national question. It is a question as wide as Christianity itself. Conditions in America are, broadly speaking, the same as in Eng land and in England as in the rest of Europe. I can see the difference in this country since I first visited the United States fifteen years ago. THE DANGER 18 NOT FROM DIRECT ATTACK ON RELIGION. THIS DENIAL OF BELIEF THAT IS, ATHEISM HAS SPENT ITS FORCE. WHAT THE CHURCHES HAVE TO FEAR IS A MORE IN SIDIOUS DANGER INDIFFERENCE. It The man in the street says, "The church is a back number." He feels that he can do without it If you ask him whether he boliovos in God, in the existence of an infinite power superior to man, the chances are that he will say "Yes." But questions of dogma, distinc tions of creed, do not interest him, and he refuses to concern himself about them. He has made up his mind that he can got along without religion that is, religion as it has been expounded to him. But tins DOES NOT MEAN NECESSARILY THAT HE IS IK11E- LIGIOUS. , It seems to me that this indifference is more pronounced in America than in England, just as orthodoxy is more strictly defined and moro unyielding over hero. And where there is indifference to the church I can form no other conclusion than that the church itself is to blame. Yet the need of religion never has been greater in any age or country than in this country and in the day we live in. Churches exist and preachers are maintained to remind men and nations of the eternul laws they must obey and the eternal love in which they may rest. And rived here this afternoon nnd was ;n tho United States they may yet lie noeded as the mainstay of social oruer. EITHER "THE CHURCHES HAVE GOT TO LIVE UP TO THE TASK OF KEEPING THE SOUL OF THE NATION ALIVE On THEY WILL PERISH. at m n Statistics gathered by Dr. Josiah Strong show that the gain of the churches in membership in proportion to the gain in population is steadily and rapidly fulling off. In the past twenty years it is less tliun half what it wa9 in tho preceding twenty. The trouble is that J CO MUCH OF OUR RELIGION, BOTH AS IT IS PREACHED AND AS IT IS PRACTICED, LACKS LIFE. The attitude of a MARSH FIELD, Or., Aug. 28. I , ,,.i, f louor.l it iu liltn tlmt nf tlia New York banker Crowded to its capacity this niter- I 1 , ,., ,.,. . inoon a Bectlon or tne grandstand ni i who snia io n cerium prcuuuur ui uie uuuuiumuu ui uio kiuwu. ..in is tlio first timo I cvor knew that religion had anything to do with living. I thought it had to do only with dying and going to hell.' RIDE AWAY WITH $12,000 "Black Hand" Claims Another Victim io Chicago Canadian Pacific Strike Unbroken HAIL FOLLOWS TI N. W Scourges Homeless Suitors, Scantily Clad ! ? CROPS RUINED, SHEEP SIM Special to (he Evening Review. MONTREAL, Quebec. Aug. 29. Five masked in on robbed tho Pro vincial bank nt Steustnche, 10 miles distnnt, in broad daylight today. While two armed robbers held a posse at bay with revolvers, three others rilled the bank vaults, secur ing (12,000 in gold. Just before the hour of opening the bank this morning, the bandits overpowered the night watchuinn and gained en-1 trance to tho building, in forcing open the vnult they simultaneously set off an alarm In the sheriff's olllce, but. when . olllcors arrived at the scone they were quickly held up by the two rubbers on tho outside of the bank and threatened with In stant death if they made an attempt to Interfere. The three men on the Inside worked calmly, and when they had gathered In the booty tho entire live left town on horseback. Posses are in hot pursuit. The entire coun try is greatly excited, and there is strong probability that the robbers will be run down. Snmber oi Known Dead Increased to 23, and nearly as Many More - are Still Missing - This Welcome Warm. Too. MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 29 -The American battleship licet ar- come. From Port Phillip head tc the anchorage In the bay, a dlstnncc of 30 miles, there was one contin uous ovation. Official landing wil be made Monday. The fleet will re main here seven days, and will be royally entertained by both official and civil bodies. A large fund has been subscribed toward entertain ment. GRANDSTAND COLLAPSE'). 'At Miirshfli-ld Fair, Itiit No One is Seriously Hurt, 80 YEARS' EXPERIENCE (mm Similar all is, " i number and acre age of a tarn., and number and b o. of a lot. are l"c,1 1,1 the 0,her " After being well shaken the names n hen drawn out and written on "clut sheets" end, containing .pace. ' Trade Mark Design Copyright Ac Scientific American. ...Smoke.. . Model American The Best "Bit" Cigar on the Pa cific Coast Made in Roseburg by L.KABAT Sold by all Dealers the Southern Oregon District Kali gave way and GOO persons were pre cipitated to the ground. It was feared at first that many had been hurt, but when the excited crowd was quieted It was found that minor injuries and brtuses constitut ed the extent of the damage. The accident did not mar the pleat ure of the biggest holiday Marshtleld has ever known. Over 2000 persum attended the races In the afternoon and never before has there been at many visitors in the city from out of town The judging of the exhibits has been completed. In the livestock classes Hoseburg was particular! fortunate In carrying off prizes. A big cheese, which won a prize In tht dairy exhibit, has been purchased b J. L. Ilowman, of Portland, und w be taken to that city to show what Coos county produces In that line. HusfnvsH houses will be closed generally in the city tomorrow, which ls the last day of the fair, and when the best race program will be given. The races today in connection with the Southern Oregon District Fair furnished line sport. W. W. Cardwell, of Roseburg, was starter, and A. H. Powers, Jottn Flanagan and G. E. Clayton, of Hoseburg, were the judges. The 14-mile running race for best two In three heats was the best race ever seen at a Southern Oregon Dis trict Fair. There were five starters and The Counsellor, owned by Heav- enor, and Creserton, owned by J. It llerron, started the race off with dead heat, coming in neck and neck The next two heats were won by The Counsellor, but the contest was close each time that the crowd went wild. Joe How's Horse Wins. (Only one Roseburg horse was entered In Friday's races at Marsh field. It was "Blue Diamond, own ed by Joe Rose, an 8. P. fireman After finishing a bad fifth In the 3-8 dash on Thursday, "Blue Diamond on Friday captured first money of a KNOCKS FOIl KNOCKERS. PLANS JKEAT EVENT. A "Murk HiiimI" Victim. CHICAGO, Aug. 29. The terrible Mack Hand' claimed another vic tim today, when Michael Dluhinuto, a wealthy Italian of this city, was shot and Ml led In his shop. The vic tim had received threatening luttors, saying he was marked for death un less he contributed funds to the "Itluck Hand" society. He was standing in his shop, when a stranger opened the door and without a word II rod the fatal allot. The murderer is still at large. Special to the Evening Review. Eb PASO. Texas,- Aug. 28. The bodies of eight more victims of the cloudburst at Folsora. N. M., were recovered today, bringing the total of known dead up to 23. About 20 ' persons are mlBslng and these, may swell the death list. Among them are five traveling men, who were asleep In a hotel when the flood struck the city, destroying the hotel and a number of other structures and carrying them away. The cloth- lug of the five men was swept all over the valley and It ls believed they perished. Searching parties are now hunting for their bodies. The catastrophe is being Intensified today by the prevalence of a driving hailstorm that is sweepiug the val--ley, beating down upon hundreds of homeless people, who are huddled on. the hill tops, Bcantlly clad and suf fering from huuger. Crops are be ing ruined and Bheep are being kil led by the thousands. Wires are prostrated. Strike Still Deadlocked. WINNIPEG. Can., Aug. 29. Can adian I' in' I Ik- strikers are being paid tciday with funds. sent from the In ternational headquarters of the Ma chinists' Pulou. $100,000 wus dis tributed in this city alone. Many newspapers are urging the railroad company to retreat In view of the necessity of moving grain. Tho of ficials of the road, however, refuse to make any statement ns to their future attitude. Lawyer Delegate Men. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 29. Fab Inn Uushee, a prominent attorney of Raleigh, N. C, who came here as a delegate to the annual 'meeting of the Nntlonal Bar Association, died here last night of Rright's disease. Hushee was stricken Sunday and was unable to attend any of the sessions. $100 purse in a half-mile event. Ills enro jn nIn In this day of progress and actfv- ty the knocker gets no .considera tion anywhere. Along this line an xchauge says: The knocker Is an offspring of fall ire and envy. He is an only child. ind like moat only children, gener ally spoiled. He never reaches ma turity. Success In others hurts htm Ike a tight shoe. He cannot even bear to see others strive to make an honest living, remarks the Sacra mento Union. He has no peculiar habits. You will And him everywhere. Frequent ly he has no property of his own, nnd, being too poor to rent, becomes i poacher, making his headquarters n ot her people's preserves. There he stretches himself out and workB lis little hammer without Interrup tion until you give him a polite in vitation to get off your premises. The knocker always gets business for the firm that doesn't pay his sal ary. As soon as his own people nnd this out he is retired. His employ ment Is a dangerous policy. His words are without fruit. No one places any confidence In even the good things he says, for they are at tributed to sinister motives. He is a business vandal continually tearing down without replacing anything good an unwholesome creature whh a bad heart. In the quadruped kingdom he would be either a hyena or a mon grel. Among the birds In the air he would be a cuckoo In disposition, with a crow's complexion, while as a reptile he would be a fat-headed ad der. He does everybody friends In eluded. His best friends are usually his first victims, because they are decent enough to place some confld Portland Livestock Show and ness I tares All Arrungl. FORM Kit KOHEIU KG GIRLS. time was 0:25. Three horses In all started. John R. llerron "Teddy," which raced on the District Fair track here last year, won the half-mile dash for lflt jar(?p The knocker Is the only pprson who can perform that wonderful con tortionist feat of getting beneath himself. He ls dangerous as a leper 4-yar-o1ds, in the time of 0:61 The Coos County Derby, one mile and an eighth, wa not run Friday, as scheduled, but will be pulled off today. If the condition of the track When you meet a knocker, don't patronize him. Don't listen to him Shun hlrn as you would the plague If you are at all scrupulous about your FDiLiifBtlnn Ilo m n v fawn limit mil 'T."1';, v" 'l!e,,re i" runhe.re' to your face, but the moment your stilt will be bulletined on The He- ha,.k lrriPd . Kel buny wllh view windows.) Now help Roseburg gro I the ever-ready hammer. Patron lis Review tdvgUseraS- POUTIjAND. Or., Auk. 29. A re vised and detailed urogram for the Pacific National Uveatoik meet nnd harness races to be held here the week of September 21-26 is announc ed by the committee on generul man agement. The Country Club and Livestock Association will ask nil business houses of Portland to close at noon. Wednesday, September 23. which Is oindally designated ns Portland day. This will be the great feature day of the week and the plans contemplate having Mayor Lane be the presiding genius of the afternoon's spoils. Kf forts will nlo be made through spe cial committees practically to "shut up" the town and to ioikiw tne ex ample of the old Knglixh towns that go en masse to the home fairs each year. The slogan for this day will lie 50.000 on Portland day." One of the two richest purses of the entire race meet will be negotiated on Port land day, the Hose City purse of 500 for 2:09 pacers, an enrly-losliig event, which includes all of the most notnble speeders in the class In the Trans-Iloiky Mountain stntes and Western Canada. Other strong num bers are on the card for that day. Valli'V Towns to Compete, For Thursday, September 24, which Is designated as Western Orf gon day, the whole Willamette Val ley, Ilogue Hlvor and the unipuuH Valley have been especially invited and the race attractions of that day Include the star performers of the stables of Portland, McMlniivllle HII Inborn. Albany, Salem, Uosehurg and other points. The sjiecial combination sale of horses and cattle will open on Thursday, giving the farmers of Ore gon. and particularly in western Ore gon, an opportunity to pick fancy breeding stock. o J. F. Btrader was among the Oak Creek people In town today. Joe Cobb has sold his blooded trot ting mare. Irella, to an Oregon ( It man. for 250. This Ib one of Ihe steeds purchased by lr. A. C. Heely at the Portland horse sale Inst spring, and then bought by Mr. Cobb. MAUSIII.'IUI.I), Or., Aug. 28. Mrs, William Ward nnd her sister, Miss tirjlls, were injured In nn auto mobile accident today. Mrs. Ward was running a large automobile ,in which were throe oilier women. In ho smith pnrt of tho city. The au oinobile ran off the elevated board street, and Mrs. Ward and her sis ter were both thrown out and badly bruised. LOST llluo belt with silver buckle. Finder please leave at thlB office dtt COFFEE Good grocers like Schil ling's Best, for it makes good-will and not trouble ; in case of complaint, the money is ready. Your frexer returni your monay II yoi doa'l like it: ws pay bim. and receive reward. . o- Truth and Qualiiy appeal to the Well-Informed In every walk of life and are essential to permanent success and creditable standing. Accor ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup Ot Figs and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of known valuo, but one ot many reason, why it is the beat of personal and family laxatives Is the fact that it cleanses, sweetens and relievos the internal organs on which it acts without any debilitating after effects and without having to increase tho quantity from time to time. It acts plaasantly and naturally and -truly as a laxative, and its component parts aro known to and approved by physicians, as It is free from all objection able substances. To got its. beneficial effects always purchase the genuine manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. OFFICERS. J. W. Hamilton, President. A. C. Marsters, Cashier. J. F. Darker, Vice President W. T. Wright, Asst. Cashier DUtKCTORfl. - Itobt. Robertson. J. O. Newlaud, I. Abraham, Chas. W. Parks, A. C. Marsters. J. W. Hamilton N. Rice, J. F. Barker, B. C. 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